# Tyra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tyra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Polish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,841 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,818 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 167,705 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (1,763 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tyra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Tyree, Tyre, Tara, Tyer, Terry, Thayer, Toro, True, Troy, Tarr, Torrey, Tower.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.